Combined low-wheeled wagon and sled.



H. S. SOMSEN.

COMBINED LOW. WHEELED WAGON AND SLED.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1909.

Patented June 21, 1910.

awuentoz FIQ- I HENRY S. SOMSEN, OF RAYMOND, IDAHO.

COMBINED LOW-WHEELED WAGON AND SLED.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 21, 1910.

Application filed June 16, 1909. Serial No. 502,539.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. SoMsnN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baymond, in the county of Bear Lake and State of Idaho, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Low- Wheeledagons and Sleds, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to farm wagons or trucks, and has specially inview certain im provements therein which facilitate the using of thesame in localities where the ordinary farm wagon can not be used.

IVith the above and other objects in view the invention contemplates awagon or truck in which the side supports or sills of the same are soarranged relatively to the wheels that they serve as guards to preventthe wheels sinking too far in the ground, and also serve as runners tofacilitate the crossing of gullies, ditches or the like.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above itwill be understood that changes in details and structural arrangementsmay be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention, a preferred and practical embodiment of the same being shownin the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe improved farm wagon or truck. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3is a cross sectional View taken on the line 22, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is asectional view taken on the line 47-4, Fig. 8.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts.

The improved farm wagon or truck is composed essentially of arectangular frame the side members 1 of which have their front endscurved upwardly, as indicated at 3, and said members 1 are connectedtogether at their front and rear portions by means of the stringers l,5, respectively, the ends of which project beyond said side members. Attheir extreme front ends said side members are also connected by a frontbolster 6 which preferably rests upon and is securely bolted to, the topedges of the said side members, and to which is connected a swingletree7 the connection between the swingletree and the said bolster being theusual or any preferred swivel connection. It will be observed that theshape of the side members is similar to the ordinary sled runners andthat the bottom edge of the same is sufficiently wide enough to preventthe said members sinking into the ground, the function of which willpresently appear.

An intermediate stringer 8 is arranged across the said side members 1-at a point slightly forward of their centers, said stringer having itsends projected beyond the said side members similar to the front andrear stringers 4L and 5. A rear wheel bolster also extends across saidside members and has its ends projected in a manner similar to thedescribed stringers, said bolster having a widened central portion 9which rests on said side members and reduced tapering ends, as indicatedat 11.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that thewidened portion of the bolster carries two right angle brackets, saidbrackets being arranged on the bolster at its under side and one beingadjacent to each of the side members. The brackets are provided with aflat base portion 12 which is bolted or otherwise securely attached tosaid bolster and is of such a size that it extends entirely across thesame, and have their free end upturned at right angles to said base, asindicated at 13 and through which an opening 14 is formed for the reception of one end of the axle 15 of the wheels 16, the other end ofsaid axle passing through the side member and being headed, as indicatedat 17. The usual axle nut 17 is employed to hold the axle in the journalopening formed in the bracket member 13. It will be observed that thejournaling of the wheels 16 in the bracket members and the side membersis such that said wheels are held close to said side members and thatthey project but a slight distance below said side members, whereby thesaid side members act as guards to prevent any undue sinking of thewheels in the ground.

The front portion of the wagon or truck is supported by means of thewheels 18 which are mounted in caster brackets 19 which have a pivotalconnection 20 with the front bolster of the wagon or truck. Said frontwheels are arranged closer together than the rear wheels, and owing totheir pivotal mounting in the front bolster, will rotate to permit thenecessary turning of the vehicle, as will be obvious.

The stringers a, 5, and 8, and the rear bolster are connected by meansof the spaced apart planks 21, said planks forming a flooring whichextends out to the extreme projected ends of said stringers and bolster,which forms a load-carrying surface of almost double the width of thespace between the side members thereby adapting the wagon or truck forthe carrying of extremely large loads, which owing to the slight heightof the entire vehicle from the ground has little or no danger ofcapsizing.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the described wagonor truck is one that can be readily used on rough, soft, or mossy groundwithout danger of the same sinking therein or being capsized for thereason that when conditions are such that the wheels are practicallyinoperative, the side members act as runners in a manner similar tosleds.

Claims 1. A farm wagon or truck comprising spaced apart side runnershaving stringers mounted thereon the ends of which project beyond thesides of said runners, flooring planks supported by said stringers, afront bolster having supporting wheels pivotally mounted therein, abolster carried by the rear portion of said runners, journal bracketscarried by said last mentioned bolster, and supporting wheels mounted insaid journal brackets and said runners, said wheels being in proximityto said runners and projecting a slight distance below the plane of thebottom edges thereof whereby said runners act as guards for said wheels.

2. A farm wagon or truck comprising spaced apart side members formingrunners, a flooring supported by said runners, a front bolster carriedby said runners, wheels pivotally mounted in said front bolster, a rearbolster also supported by said runners, journal brackets carried by saidrear bolster, said brackets being arranged adjacent to each runner, anaxle journaled in each side runner and each bracket, and a wheel carriedby each axle, said wheels being arranged so that they will project aslight distance beyond the plane of the bottom edges of the runners,whereby the latter prevent the wheels from unduly sinking in the ground.In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY S. SOMSEN.

Witnesses:

L. J. DUMBAY, J. P. SULLIVAN.

